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About James McClurg
James McClurg was an American medical doctor and Founding Father who served as a delegate to the Philadelphia Convention which drafted the United States Constitution in 1787. McClurg served as the 18th, 21st, and 24th mayor of Richmond, Virginia. His lifelong friendship with Thomas Jefferson dated from their school days, and he later became friends with James Madison. McClurg, who was a surgeon in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, is believed to have owned a series of slaves over the course of his lifetime.
Everything about James McClurg →- Occupation
- physician, politician, surgeon
- Position held
- Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, Delegate to the United States Constitutional Convention, Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, Mayor of Richmond, Virginia
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- 1746
- Died
- July 9, 1823